5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

WADER

WADER is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 94.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈweɪdə(ɹ)/

Noun

One who wades.

Noun

A waterproof boot that comes up to the hip, used by fishermen, etc.

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How WADER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WADER as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 83.6% of games, misses completely in 16.4%, and leaves about 142 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,005 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

W___R W in the 1st position and R in the 5th position W__E_ W in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__R A in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position WA_ER W in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and R in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY STILE SLANT COURT SONLY TOISE
Words starting with W Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.96 Entropy (bits)
142 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 82% of evaluated openers
0.99 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WADER performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,005 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WADER ranks #6,005 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
865
4 guesses
1,167
5 guesses
243
6 guesses
10
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
31%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

106 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

386
224
176
154
124
120
117
84
78
67
61
59
39
39
32
26
26
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23
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WADER:

16% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
9% chance
Suggested:
STILE
7% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

16.4% →
SOILY 5.71 bits
9.5% →
STILE 5.30 bits
7.5% →
SLANT 5.36 bits
6.5% →
COURT 5.25 bits
5.3% →
SLANT 5.11 bits
5.1% →
SONLY 4.58 bits
5.0% →
TOISE 4.48 bits
3.6% →
COAST 4.57 bits
3.3% →
SOILY 3.52 bits
2.8% →
SIENT 4.30 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for WADER; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

W4A1D2E1R1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.